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Populists and Progressives Populists

◦ Grassroots political movement started by southern and western farmers around the US to fight banks, railroads, and large corporations and other “elites”

Progressives◦ Progressivism is the term applied to a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid

industrialization introduced to America. Progressivism began as a social movement and grew into a political movement. The early progressives rejected Social Darwinism.

BOTH SHARED A GOAL FOR GREATER CONTROL OF THE GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE

Hawaii Annexed

Protectorate of the United States after its monarchy was overthrown

1899

Naval Base

Colonialism Agriculture

Sphere of Influence

Jane Addams

Hull House

Archetype for modern welfare center

Helped assimilate immigrants

Roosevelt Rough Riders—San Juan Hill 1898 Spanish American War

President– Big Stick Diplomacy

Corollary to Monroe Doctrine◦ 1904◦ Panama Canal

Panama Canal Started in 1904

Had public support because of the long sea-faring journey around South America

Ended 1914

48 miles long

Initiative, Referendum, Recall Initiative: Voters campaign to get something on the ballot

Referendum: Voters democratically vote for a law

Recall: Voters vote to remove someone from office

This is all shows the expansion of citizens’ direct participation in the democratic process

In the Early 1900s the Progressive Era reformers sought to increase public participation in the government by supporting the direct election of US senators

Political Machines– Robber Barons + Government

Manipulate voter turnout Advocated the use of poll taxes Corruption Nepotism Spoils system

During the Gilded Age there was notable increased support for—the growth of big business

The Bosses of urban political machines often accepted bribes in return for favors

Upton Sinclair: The Jungle

Meat Packing Industry Expose

Muckraker

1910

Government regulations began to require the inspection of foods after this novel gained influence

During the Progressive Era, public demands for direct consumer protection resulted in the Pure Food and Drug Act

Spanish American War

1898 Vacuum exacerbated by Cuban independence

US Monroe Doctrine USS Maine Sinks in Havana—Major Turning Point in the War and Americans enter the war happens in 1898

The Acquisition of new territories allowed for the expansion of US commercial trade

W.E.B. DuBois African American

Niagara Movement

Muckraker

Helped Found the NAACP◦ The NAACP was organized to help secure the full

legal equality for minority citizens

19th Amendment– Progressive Era Amendment

Women's Suffrage

Women get right to vote

It gave women a greater opportunity to influence government

This was the achieved goal that was set during a women’s conference in Seneca Falls in 1848.

Progressive Amendments 16th – Income Tax

17th – Direct Election of Senators

18th – Prohibition of Alcohol

19th– Women’s Suffrage

Dawes Act 1887

President broke up land of Native Americans and allotted it for sale

Attempted to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American culture

Ida B. Wells Muckraker

African American Journalist

Anti-Lynching Advocate

Problems with Urbanization

Muckrakers—against the unintended side-effects of the Gilded Age and Second Industrial Revolution

The Octopus (Frank Norris), How the Other Half Lives (Jacob Riis) and Jungle (Upton Sinclair)

Showed the problems of rapid industrialization and how this affected both social urban issues and economic disparity issues